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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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